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Collegiate Character

May 1, 2023

UC San Diego’s distinct college communities offer undergraduate students the benefits of a smaller liberal arts college with the resources of a large research university. Now, two decades after Sixth College welcomed its first students, two new colleges emerge.

Women Produce Skin Temperature Data that are Just as Predictable as Men

November 9, 2023

Women produce physiological data that is just as predictable as men, at least when it comes to skin temperature. This might seem like common sense, but variations in body signals due to menstrual cycles, such as temperature, were used as an excuse to keep women out of clinical studies for…

UC San Diego Esports Plans a New Era of Competition and Connection

February 24, 2022

…constraints imposed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, it plans to resume in-person activities, with two major events in the works. Andrew “Pordlawsinned” Harris, the team manager and hard support for UC San Diego’s varsity Dota 2 team with a supporting staff member, Jose “Noway” Godinez at the program orientation. A…

Beating the Odds: How a Longtime Heart Disease Survivor Helps Others Facing Surgery

February 25, 2021

…While sheltering-at-home during the COVID-19 pandemic, she passes the time making pajamas for her family, matching dresses for herself and her niece, clothing for her niece’s dolls and a quilt for her newborn nephew. Jessica also serves in the cardiovascular center’s ambassador program, providing support to patients also living with…

A Quantum Leap for Molecular Simulations on GPUs

June 3, 2021

Developing improved materials for things such as energy storage and drug discovery is of interest to researchers and society alike. Quantum mechanics is the basis for molecular and materials scientists who develop these useful, futuristic products.

Breaking the Cycle of Health Inequities

October 6, 2022

Growing up, Rady School of Management alumna Katie Baca-Motes (MBA, ‘09) saw firsthand the devastating impact of limited health care access on her Hispanic father’s side of the family.

Reimagining Public Health

February 2, 2023

From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.

Grad Students Build Science Bridge to the Incarcerated

November 5, 2020

…the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grad Students Build Science Bridge to the Incarcerated Nontraditional community outreach project offers life-changing connections through science education They departed from the familiar confines of one of San Diego’s major institutions and arrived at a decidedly different one. In December of 2018, a handful…

On the Frontlines of Science Policymaking

December 10, 2020

…in this era of COVID-19. He said that most scientists not already working for the government have a reputation for not being particularly engaged in policy or civics. “Whether true or not, I hope that the events of the last year show how important it is for scientists to be…

Career Center Offers Connections in Time of Social Distancing

April 2, 2020

…program Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Newsom’s stay-at-home order, the UC San Diego campus community must now depend on technology more than ever to teach, learn and work. For the university’s Career Center and Alumni offices, the call for social distancing meant transforming the third edition of their…

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